For The Car Buffs...

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by PBO

Ah...your first car. You will learn a lot, mostly the hard way!

"The main reason for their new car was to get rid of this "problematic" car"

Run for the hills. If your family are telling you this, you don't need to ask anything else

I'd buy a Subaru or something like that & for the same money, you'll get half the trouble & a car half the age/mileage

Well see..
I'm asian, and so are my Uncle+Aunt.
Asians have a tendency to not fix things until they're broken..and not fix things if they break until they ..well.. stop working?
In other words, it's been terribly maintained (I know, BMW's need to be maintained a LOT, and if not, run for the hills) but... it does seem like just a simple O2 sensor and Sparkplug, but don't want to pick it up, fix minor things (water pump, o2 sensor, spark plug, thermostat), and then run into something bigger...

[PBO]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Asians have a tendency to not fix things until they're broken..and not fix things if they break until they ..well.. stop working?
In other words, it's been terribly maintained

On that basis, that's probably why they build reliable cars

Again, I quote you "it's been terribly maintained"...get out of the basement & ask Linc, he'll set you straight